Happy Mothers Day From A Chinese Story

Happy Mothers day, Everybody

Mother's day is only a couple of hours away, and so I thought I should dedicate this article to all the moms. This article will be different than the others, since I will concentrate on a story that I have heard about three to four years ago.

Have you got your cookies and tea ready? Okay then, shall we begin?

In the early years of China, when the country is still divided into six countries; war is a commodity. As a result, the army is always enlisting people into the military. The method of enlisting is much different during that time period than today. When the people are being draft into the army, it is by force. The term of service is range from six years to the time of death.

During that time in a small village, a newlywed is force to separate from her husband when he was unfortunately drafted. Little does he know, nine months later his wife gives birth to a baby boy.

As the child got older, he starts to ask about his father. The mother could not find any simple explanation to give her little boy. One night, out of desperation of not wanting to disappoint her son, she points to her own shadow reflecting on the wall and said, "Child, look your father has come! Why don't you go play with him?" It is at that point she becomes the father of the child as she tries to please the boy.

After three long years, the war is over and her husband is release from the army. As he got home, she comes running out with open arms and holds him tight. The husband begins to tear up onto his wife's skinny shoulder like rain drops, the loving woman who has waited for him. She then brings out the boy to look at his father for the first time. The boy looks into his father's eyes and naively says, "You're not my dad. My dad only comes see me at night."

Out of his jealousy and anger, he immediately turns around and walks out the door without a glance back. Again the wife waits. Two weeks have gone by, then 3 weeks past; finally her broken heart cannot wait any longer. The wife walks off the cliff and casts herself down.

Few days later, her clueless husband finally calms down enough to go back home. When he got there, he tries to find his wife but cannot find her anywhere, so he sits and plays with his child. Once the sun has set, the husband then starts to lid the candle. As the candle begins lid, the boy immediately shout excitedly, "Daddy." When the husband turns around, he sees the child points to his shadow on the wall with a smile on his face.

The husband feels regretful when he realizes that he was wrong about his wife. With the tears in his eyes, he springs out in the middle of the night trying to find her. By the next day, he found her body at the bottom of the cliff. To dedicate the memory of his wife, the husband carves a statue of his wife right next to the cliff and a reminder to his son of his mother's image.

Until today, some people claim that they have found that statue still exists in China. Sorry, I don't know if that is a fact.

I thought this story is best to describe all the unsung sacrifices that mom and wife have endured through the years for her family. I like to take this opportunity to say thanks to my mom and to all the moms out there. I wish you have a wonderful Mother's day.

To all the guys out there who still don't know what to do for his mother or wife? Or, still have the excuse of "I just don't know what to give," or, "I don't know understand what women want." I would like share a quote with you by Oscar Wilde,

So relax and enjoy. Then again, she probably loves you more if you go "Jared," because, "every kiss begins with Kay." (Hehe). From where I am and wherever you are, have a wonderful night everybody.

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